Letter from Oliver
Cowdery, 6 November 1829

Settled 1793. Formed as Burt Township when divided from Farmington Township, 31 Mar. 1821. Name changed to Manchester, 16 Apr. 1822. Included village of Manchester. Population in 1825 about 2,700. Population in 1830 about 2,800. JS reported first vision of...

I received your leter
yesterday bearing date Oct. 22dI had
long time expectted to hear from you and had often enquired
at the
post
office for a letter and of course it was gladly received by us
all. we rejoice to hear that you are well and we
also rejoice to hear
that you have a prospect of obtaining Some mony
and we further rejoice that you are at
rest from your percecutors and we rejoice
[p. 6]

Settled 1793. Formed as Burt Township when divided from Farmington Township, 31 Mar. 1821. Name changed to Manchester, 16 Apr. 1822. Included village of Manchester. Population in 1825 about 2,700. Population in 1830 about 2,800. JS reported first vision of...

I received your leter
yesterday bearing date Oct. 22dI had
long time expectted to hear from you and had often enquired
at the
post
office for a letter and of course it was gladly received by us
all[.] we rejoice to hear that you are well and we
expect also rejoice to hear
that you have a prospect of obtaining Some mony
and we further rejo[i]ce that you are at
rest from your percecutors and we rejoice
[p. 6]

3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...

Located in northeast region of U.S. Area settled by Dutch traders, 1620s; later governed by Britain, 1664–1776. Admitted to U.S. as state, 1788. Population in 1810 about 1,000,000; in 1820 about 1,400,000; in 1830 about 1,900,000; and in 1840 about 2,400,...

believers and on the status of the
printing of the Book of Mormon. However, the preponderance of this document
provides a glimpse of Cowdery as a deeply religious man. His work during the
previous six months as
JS’s scribe exposed him to the Book of Mormon’s
emphasis on redemptive grace, and he incorporated a number of that book’s
passages into his letter.

3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...

3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...

Settled 1793. Formed as Burt Township when divided from Farmington Township, 31 Mar. 1821. Name changed to Manchester, 16 Apr. 1822. Included village of Manchester. Population in 1825 about 2,700. Population in 1830 about 2,800. JS reported first vision of...

Located in northeastern Pennsylvania. Area settled, by 1787. Organized 1809. Population in 1830 about 340. Population in 1840 about 520. Contained Harmony village (no longer in existence). Josiah Stowell hired JS to help look for treasure in area, Oct. 1825...